Remembering the Father of the Somali Airforce, Ali Matan Hashi

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Cali Mataan Xaashi is known as the first Somali to fly a plane and was the leader of the first 5 group of pilots sent from the Somali peninsula to be trained as pilots.

He was also the first Commander of the Somali Airforce from 1960 to 1973 and one of the top members of the 1969 Coup.

He was Marehan/rer Diini/reer Nuur.



Professor Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (Digil and Mirifle) has a small description of him in his book, Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Prof Mukhtar is the father of the current Deputy Governor of Mogadishu, Subayda Mukhtar. He is a professor of African History in the US.

http://shcas.shnu.edu.cn/LinkClick.aspx ... uage=zh-CN



The Ethiopian-Somali War
Tom Cooper
https://books.google.com/books?id=XUbdC ... hi&f=false

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Somali sources (Mareeg, an Abgaal site) describing Ali Mataan's leadership over the Somali Airforces in 1964 war with Ethiopia

23/02/64, waa xilligii uu socday dagaalkii 1964 tii. Waa capo hangarki Hareed iyo kooxdiisi ku caanka baxday (saaxiriinti Dakotada), magacuu ku sharfay 1963 taliyihii C.Cirka duuliye Cali Mataan Xaashi

http://www.mareeg.com/somaliaAirforce.html

Starting from 1957, Ali Mataan was in charge of training Somali pilots and airfoce members

7/11/57, waa maalinti aan ka bixitimaynay gegida caalamiga ee Muqdishow, waa unugii 1aad ee ka kooban 32 arday oo saddex mooyee inta kalna ka baxeen dugsigii farsamada gacanta ex.(Scuola Industriale) oo u socda dalka Talyaaniga si loo soo baro xirfadaha kala geddisan ee diyaaradaha. Midig: duuliye Cali Mataan Xaashi oo ardayda sagootinaya

http://www.mareeg.com/somaliaAirforce.html

Somali pilots recounting past history

Photo of the head of the hangar units, Hared and his team popularly credited for performance in maintenance of Dakota (23/02/64). The commander of the Somalia air force, Col. Ali Matan Hashi has recognized their excellence in technical maintenance and upgrading of the airplanes for mid-air fight, this was at the height of the 1964 war with Ethiopia.

http://somavires.org/history2.html

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Historical Photos and Documentary of the Somali airforce

Photos taken in latina Military Airport on September 1959.
Photos of three Somali Pilots with expertise on long distance and night flights, such as C-4 and C-47, taken in Latina(Italy) Military Airport on September 1959. From right: Mohamud Abdullahi Barre “Faytan”, Ali Matan Hashi (MIDDLE) and Ali Jama Ali, the fourth one with similar expertise, Abdullahi Elmi ”Abdullahi Usey” . is not on the photo.

http://somavires.org/history.html

September 15, 1960, was the day bi-weekly flights linking the two cities of Mogadishu and Hargeisa was launched. The hargeisa residents codenamed the fligh as Ali Matan Airways and Qandala airways.
Photo from right: Mohamed Mohamud Ali “Weli”, Kasim Ibrahim “Filyo”, Ali Matan Hashi, Sharif Abdulkadir Hassan ”Dekow”, Mohamud Mohamed “Lugayare” and Ali Jama Ali.

http://somavires.org/history.html

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From Aydiid's book about Siad Barre on the night of the coup

"Working with him were Lieutenant Colonel Ali Malan Hasii and two other officers of Siad Barre's own Marehan tribe.

Besides this, he chose three intellectuals of his tribe, who were secretly working for him in evolving the political system and the future policy. They were spreading his ideas. The chief among them was a well-known named Mohammed Aden who had received his education in Italy and obtained a Doctorate of Pediatrics (Medicine)."

http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ ... ter_13.htm

[luis1]

Somali Air Force was in shambles in 1991.

A sad spectacle for a glorious Force.

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Somali Air Force was in shambles in 1991.

A sad spectacle for a glorious Force.

You are right Luis. In the future, many Ali Matans will rise to build up our forces again.

[luis1]

Everybody knows Somali Air Force attacked Hargueisa and killed innocent women and children.

[paperino]

AUN.

[barbarossa]

In before a certain self - proclaimed Skinny historian comes in and debunks these purported historical facts as nothing but the figment imagination of a qabiil-driven dictator bent on glorifying the accomplishments of his own clan.

[bumps]

AUN

He looks like an Arab

[Adali]

AUN he comes from the the generation that made its mark on Somali history !

[Smile-LiKe-SuN-RiSE]

Aun

[Voltage]

In before a certain self - proclaimed Skinny historian comes in and debunks these purported historical facts as nothing but the figment imagination of a qabiil-driven dictator bent on glorifying the accomplishments of his own clan.

How old are you? Whose parents do not know Ali Mataan as AIr Force chief? That just would say more about their background than anything; very backward, rural, and out of touch with their country at that time.

It's like not knowing Robert Kennedy was Attorney General in the sixties if you lived in the US. If you didn't know, but were alive at that time in the US you must have been in some information deprived cult in rural Montana.

[Ben Dover]

No body knows who this Bon is and nobody cares

Xiraabu Guita Tidorous

[TheNewElectedWarLord]

No body knows who this Bon is and nobody cares

Xiraabu Guita Tidorous